14-letter words containing a, n, u, d
- autodesk, inc. — (company) The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
- autoresponders — Plural form of autoresponder.
- bandar lampung — a port in Indonesia, in S Sumatra on the Sunda Strait; formed by merging the cities of Tanjungkarang and Telukbetung, and sometimes still referred to as Tanjungkarang-Telukbetung. Pop: 742 749 (2000)
- basic industry — an industry which is highly important in a nation's economy
- basso profundo — (esp in operatic solo singing) a singer with a very deep bass voice
- beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
- beyond a doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- beyond measure — If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
- bib and tucker — an outfit of clothes (esp in the phrase best bib and tucker)
- bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
- bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
- black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
- black-and-blue — (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise
- blood and guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blood-and-guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blue dandelion — chicory (def 1).
- boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
- boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
- bound variable — (in the functional calculus) a variable occurring in a quantifier and in a sentential function within the scope of the quantifier.
- boundary fence — a fence between properties
- boundary layer — the layer of fluid closest to the surface of a solid past which the fluid flows: it has a lower rate of flow than the bulk of the fluid because of its adhesion to the solid
- boundary rider — an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying
- boundary value — boundary value analysis
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
- budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
- budget heading — a heading in a budget under which an expenditure is listed
- buffalo indian — a member of any of the American Indian tribes, as those of the Algonquian, Athabascan, Caddoan, Kiowa, Siouan, or Uto-Aztecan linguistic families, that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. All were more or less nomadic, following the buffalo, and were often in touch with one another so that the development among them of common culture traits is noticeable.
- building paper — any of various types of heavy-duty paper that usually consist of bitumen reinforced with fibre sandwiched between two sheets of kraft paper: used in damp-proofing or as insulation between the soil and a road surface
- building trade — the economic sector comprising all companies and workers involved in construction
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- cadaverousness — of or like a corpse.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
- cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
- calculatedness — the state of being calculated
- candlesnuffers — Plural form of candlesnuffer.
- cerro de punta — a mountain in central Puerto Rico: highest peak on the island. 4389 feet (1339 meters).
- child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
- chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
- chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
- ciudad guayana — an industrial conurbation in E Venezuela, on the River Orinoco: iron and steel processing, gold mining. Pop: 807 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coach-and-four — a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- command module — the cone-shaped module used as the living quarters in an Apollo spacecraft and functioning as the splashdown vehicle